The game's newest update is also live, bringing quality-of-life improvements, two new free Creations (including a vehicle), and more.
The newest instalment in Microsoft's simulation franchise boasts a new Career Mode, tech and visual improvements, a more detailed open world, and more.
Missions with poor weather (among other factors) will be rated as more challenging, ensuring less-experienced players aren't in over their heads.
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"I don't want it to be, like, the third level that you cut before you launched," says Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.
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Spencer also discussed a mid-gen console refresh and how "we don't need to do incremental hardware for our own benefit."
Obsidian Entertainment's RPG will feature accessibility options for controls, camera, UI, text, and more, alongside multiple different localization options.
PC players will require an SSD and around 75 GB of free storage space, Microsoft and Obsidian Entertainment have confirmed.
Obsidian Entertainment also confirms pre-orders are now open, and reveals a Premium Edition, which will include up to five days of early access.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is shaping up to be a major step up from the series’ 2020 iteration.
PC players can expect the upcoming flight sim to launch with the full backing of Nvidia, for those who intend to push their hardware to the limits.
“I do not see sort of red lines in our portfolio that say ‘thou must not,'" says Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.
"When we can find teams and technology and capability that add to what we’re trying to do in gaming at Microsoft, absolutely we will keep our heads up," says the Microsoft Gaming CEO.
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Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer acknowledges expectations of an Xbox handheld, confirming that the company does intend to release one.
Game director Jasmin Roy says it contains about 15 to 20 hours, but studio head Guillaume Provost says it's more like 20 to 25 hours.
The next instalment in the flight sim franchise is due out for Xbox Series X/S and PC a week from now, on November 19.
